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Indonesia Officials And Militants Close Baptist Church (ROP alert)
Worthy News ^ | August 11 2006 | Eric Leijenaar

Posted on 08/14/2006 4:11:03 AM PDT by knighthawk

By BosNewsLife Special Correspondent Eric Leijenaar with BosNewsLife News Center

JAKARTA/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife) -- About 30 local officials backed by Muslim militants closed down a Baptist church in Bandung, the capital of the tense Indonesian province of West Java, investigators confirmed Thursday, August 10.

On July 16 the group interrupted the Sunday worship service of the Batu Zaman Baptist Church and demanded to see an official permit, reported Open Doors, a Netherlands based organization investigating reports of persecution of Christians.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bandung; baptistchurch; indonesia; islam; islamism
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1 posted on 08/14/2006 4:11:05 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Where is Suharto when you need him?


2 posted on 08/14/2006 4:28:04 AM PDT by angkor
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To: knighthawk
Closing it is bad enough but going in at a service smacks of intimidation.

The persecution in Ache province has been awful.
3 posted on 08/14/2006 4:39:58 AM PDT by vimto (Blighty Awaken!)
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To: knighthawk

Islam is evil.


4 posted on 08/14/2006 4:40:50 AM PDT by stinkerpot65
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To: knighthawk

Open Doors is a Dutch organization that began its ministry by smuggling Bibles and other Christian literature into the Soviet Union. Since the fall of communism they have expanded their ministry to other areas of persecution around the world.


5 posted on 08/14/2006 5:20:10 AM PDT by Madam Theophilus
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To: MizSterious; Nix 2; green lantern; BeOSUser; Brad's Gramma; dreadme; Turk2; keri; ...

Ping


6 posted on 08/14/2006 9:18:50 AM PDT by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: knighthawk

We should shut down a Mosque here in retaliation.


7 posted on 08/14/2006 9:26:57 AM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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